ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,823, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to QOMPLX LLC (Reston, Va.).

"System and method for enterprise-wide data utilization tracking and risk reporting" was invented by Jason Crabtree (Vienna, Va.) and Richard Kelley (Woodbridge, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for comprehensive data utilization and tracking comprising an ontological engine which in some embodiments is configured to create and curate various industry-specific ontologies which can be used to provide deeper context to an enterprise's network traffic and data transmission. The system and method further comprise a tagging and tracking engine configur...